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He took up the managing director’s role in 1996 before retiring in 2000 having posted the station’s best listening figures since its launch in 1973.

Graeme Bryce, group managing director of Bauer Radio in Scotland said: “Alex Dickson was an inspirational broadcaster, an influential leader and one of the key figures in the growth of commercial radio.

“The high editorial standards and attention to detail he insisted upon were legendary and set the bar for others to follow. Our thoughts are with his family and many friends at this time.”

He was awarded an OBE and was an honorary air commodore of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force and received the Queen’s Volunteer Reserves Medal.

He is survived by his wife Anna, aged 82, and his son Simon, a TV producer with Channel 4.